Investing success does not require expertise in markets, the direction of interest rates or the global economic outlook. As much as the pundits may want you to think you need to be on top of all the news and react accordingly, the reality is that following a few simple and timeless investing rules will help...

If you spend more than five minutes watching CNBC or scrolling through a financial website, you might get the impression that investing is complicated. It doesn’t have to be. You can tune out a lot of the noise and reach your long-term goals by following a few simple investing strategies: Use Mutual Funds and ETFs...

With thousands of stocks and even more mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to choose from, investing can be confusing. And perhaps anxiety inducing. Some good news is there is no need to devote endless hours to becoming an investing expert. You’ve got your life to live! Master a few key investing basics and you...

Having savings tucked away in a bank account is the ultimate peace-of-mind financial move. It’s how you handle an unexpected expense without having to resort to putting it on a credit card that then charges you 16% or more interest when you can’t pay off the balance in full. Yet according to a recent federal...

While a big fat pay raise or bonus is welcome at any time, bringing in more income is not the only way to give a boost to your financial security. Paying off debt, especially high-interest credit card debt – is one of the best investments you can make. The average interest rate on credit card...

Budgets often get a bad rap. They are held out as some form of financial drudge work that is all pain and no pleasure. That totally misses the tremendous upside of a budget. A budget is your personal road map to get where you want to go. It isn’t some off-the-shelf package that doesn’t fit...